Andura Smetacek has a website! (24/6/2002) | |
Doubtless there will be much glee in some quarters at the jailing of Jose Bove - not least, amongst those behind "The Make Jose Bove Serve His Time Petition". The petition has attracted some fervent support. Dr. Stevens M. Brumbley, for instance, writes, "Jose Bove is a Fasist (sic) and I would prefer that civil society dealt with him through legal means than requiring another generation of young men to take up arms to once again stem the tide of facism (sic)." Dr. Brumbley, interestingly, also made clear his support for the attacks on Berkeley researcher Ignacio Chapela over his Mexican maize paper. He told CS Prakash's AgBioView list that those protesting at the character of the attacks on Chapela were undermining, "the very pillars upon which modern day science rests"! According to the website of the 'Independent Greens', the Bove petition is an "international grassroots effort... to ensure that the French anti-technology radical be forced to go to jail". According to PetitionOnline.com, however, the contents of this "grassroots effort" were "written by Andura Smetacek". [bottom of the page: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/cinagro4/petition.html] Sadly, Andura's "grassroots effort" doesn't seem to have garnered much support. Nor does everyone listed on the petition support its aims. For instance, amongst those who've recently added their name: When you click on "Those who oppose terrorists and support science", it takes you to to CS Prakash's agbioworld.org According to PetitionOnline.com, this is who created the petition. Amongst the petition's early signatories: 18. C. S. Prakash Good job! Let Jailbird Jose serve his time and help the humanity! For George Monbiot's articles "Corporate Phantoms" and "The Fake Persuaders", plus all the latest news on Monsanto's web of deceit: |